Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twelfth Night Proposal | 2005 | Karen Rose Smith | Buy |
| 2 | Taming of the Two | 2005 | Karen Rose Smith | Buy |
| 3 | A Husband in Her Eyes | 2002 | Karen Rose Smith | Buy |
| 4 | Because Of The Ring | 2002 | Karen Rose Smith | Buy |
| 5 | Cassie’s Cowboy | 2002 | Karen Rose Smith | Buy |
| 6 | A Gift from the Past | 2003 | Karen Rose Smith | Buy |
| 7 | The Wish | 2003 | Karen Rose Smith | Buy |
| 8 | With One Touch | 2003 | Karen Rose Smith | Buy |
| 9 | Kissedby Cat | 2005 | Karen Rose Smith | Buy |
| 10 | Much Ado About Matchmaking | 2005 | Karen Rose Smith | Buy |
Shakespeare In Love is a ten-book Karen Rose Smith series published between 2002 and 2005 across the Silhouette Romance and Silhouette Special Edition lines. Each title takes a Shakespearean play or concept as its loose inspiration: Twelfth Night Proposal riffs on Twelfth Night, Taming of the Two nods to The Taming of the Shrew, and Much Ado About Matchmaking references Much Ado About Nothing.
The books are light contemporary romances that use the Shakespeare connection as a playful framing device rather than a strict plot structure. Readers do not need any knowledge of Shakespeare to enjoy the stories, which follow Smith’s established formula of community, family, and hard-won love.